Lesotho: Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people

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 Lesotho

Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people

 Latest value 70.33
 Year 2024
 Measure subscribers per 100 people
 Data availability 1960 - 2024
 Average 25.48
 Min - Max 0.00 - 110.37
 Source The International Telecommunication Union
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The latest value from 2024 is 70.33 subscribers per 100 people, an increase from 69.35 subscribers per 100 people in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 124.54 subscribers per 100 people, based on data from 148 countries. Historically, the average for Lesotho from 1960 to 2024 is 25.48 subscribers per 100 people. The minimum value, 0 subscribers per 100 people, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 110.37 subscribers per 100 people was recorded in 2017. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Lesotho: Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people
 2024 70.33
 2023 69.35
 2022 68.10
 2021 80.54
 2020 69.89
 2019 76.11
 2018 72.46
 2017 110.37




Definition: Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.

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